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…During pursuit, sweeps narrow and track a moving target; after sudden target changes, they reorient before the animal turns; during backward locomotion, they reverse; and even during #REM sleep, sweep structure is modulated.
A fascinating view of #ThetaSweeps as an attention-like mechanism for querying #CognitiveMaps in real time.
#Neuroscience #Hippocampus #GridCells #PlaceCells #Navigation
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Finally out, and this sounds like a beautiful one from the Moser lab: New #Science paper (unfortunately behind a paywall💰) on #ThetaSweeps in the #entorhinal-#hippocampal #navigation circuit. In #rats 🧭🐀, these #theta-locked sweeps are not fixed scanning patterns, but can be rapidly redirected toward #behaviorally relevant locations. …